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Redaction: Among My Disciples

MATTHEW MARK LUKE JOHN

to be called thy son: [M]ake me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose and came to his father. But
when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck,
and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and

am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe,
and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and
kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is
found. And they began to be merry. Now his elder son was in the field: [A]nd as he came and drew

nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. And he called one of the servants, and asked what
these things meant. And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted
calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. And he was angry, and would not go in: [T]herefore
came his father out, and intreated him. And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I
serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: [A]nd yet thou never gavest me a

kid, that I might make merry with my friends: But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath
devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. And he said unto him, Son, thou
art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: [F]or
this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

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¶ And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and
the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. And he called him, and said unto him,
How is it that I hear this of thee? [G]ive an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer
steward. Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the

stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the
stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. So he called everyone of his lord’s debtors unto
him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? And he said, a hundred measures of
oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. Then said he to another,
And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take

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